You can find a guide on how to change drum brakes very easily at any of your local automotive centers. If you can't find a local automotive centers, most gas stations can give you a guide as well.
You should try going to the Civic Forums. There you will be able to get a guide and some great tips on how to change the brake pads on your Civic.
Personally I would have a professional change your drum braes as there are some springs that can be dangerous. You can find step by step by step nstructions at www.ehow.com,and instructional videos on Youtube.
Replacing drum brakes requires that you have special equipment and is rather sensitive work. Remember that a mistake here can be devastating, and make sure you're up to the task. If you decide to do the work yourself, you can find step-by-step instructions at http://www.wikihow.com/Replace-Drum-Brakes.
You will be pleasantly surprised to find that you can change your car's disc ... could either be disc or drum brakes), so they need to be changed more often.
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You can find the drum brakes on your car by getting the needed parts from an auto store then either taking the car to a mechanic or finding a step by step instructions.
Go to website which has a forum or a collection of professionals to help you repair drum brakes. Try calling a place like auto zone or mechanic shop and they may help you.
Wheel cylinder (drum brakes) or caliber (disc brakes) sticking. If you find this to be the case you need to replace both sides and replace your brake fluid which is contaminated with moisture.
If you are looking to change brakes yourself you can look at an online website which people can direct you on how to install new brakes. You can also check the phonebook or web to find reliable auto shops.
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The star wheel is an adjustment mechanism used only in drum brakes. You will find it inside each rear brake drum, between the bottoms of the brake shoes.
Assuming it is rear DRUM brakes, adjust the shoe until there is friction when spinning the wheel or drum, back off a shade. Most have self ajusters on them. Ajust them out until the drum will hardly fit back on. After you put the wheels back on and your done with putting the brake shoes on. Find a place where you can run your car in reverse safely. Go bakwards about 25 miles an hour and hit the brakes hard. Do this several times and they should ajust themselves out to where they should be. This is assuming like above we are talking about the back brakes and they are drum style brakes.